The Great Lakes Group

building our reputation for more than a century…job by job, boat by boat, barge by barge, and tow by tow

Honesty, Loyalty, and Hard Work are core values of The Great Lakes Group. Our success is measured based on your success your confidence in us. The Great Lakes Group’s mission is to continually evaluate and improve the level of quality and safety based on your satisfaction and how well your needs have been met.

The Great Lakes Group is a full-service marine transportation organization made up of a “Group” of diversified marine-related companies operating on the Great Lakes. The Group includes: The Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes Shipyard, Tugz International LLC, and Soo Linehandling Services, Inc. Now celebrating its 117th year in continuous business, we sincerely believe that we have built our reputation job by job, boat by boat, barge by barge, and tow by tow, and we intend to continue to do so.